Child&#39;s high chair



June 22, 1937. D. MERCHANT 2,084,448

CHILDS HIGH CHAIR Filed March 16, 1936 Mm Inventor By 765W A ttorneyPatented June 22, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT oFF-ics 3 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in childs high chair and it moreespecially consists of the features pointed out in the claims.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a high chair for youngchildren that will effectively prevent the child rising from the seat,standing on it and running the risk of falling olf onto the oor andreceiving serious injuries; that provides means on the seat of the chairto hold the legs spaced apart and also provides means above the legswhich will prevent the child lifting its legs. It is a well known factthat so long as the legs cannot be straightened at the knee it isimpossible for the child to stand erect. My safety provision l5eliminates the usual straps for allegedly tying the child onto the chairand the use of a canvas with leg openings dropping down from theswinging tray support. My invention is specially directed to the use ofmeans that will positively hold the legs spaced apart on the seat of thechair.

With these and other ends in View I illustrate in the accompanyingdrawing such instances of adaptation as will disclose the broad featuresof the invention without limiting myself to the specii'lc details shownthereon and described herein.

Fig. 1 is a front elevation partly in section.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation partly in section.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the seat of the chair.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional elevation of a tray catch.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional elevation of a tray support catch.

In the use of a childs high chair made according to my invention I mayemploy whatever alternatives or equivalents of structure that theexigencies of varying conditions may demand without departing from thebroad spirit of the in- Vention.

I may use any desired form of high chair provided with a seat I, a back5, a foot rest 1, supporting legs 6, side arms 9 and a swinging oradjustable tray support 8 and combined with it a pair of openings 2 inthe seat of the chair, the rear edges of which are beveled olf at 4 androunded at 3 and also rounded at 3 along the sides and front of theopenings to provide comfort for the child.

I may use any desired form of automatic catches for locking the traysupport 8 to the side arms 9 as shown in Fig. 5 or I may use a strap I5with buckle or other fastening for securing the tray support 8 to theseat I as shown in Fig. 1.

The stock member I2 for preventing the child raising its legspreparatory to standing up is provided with curved recesses I3. Themargins I4 of the recesses I3 nearly touch the seat of the chair so thatthere is no possibility of the child wiggling its legs sideways andfreeing them from restraint. The member I2 is secured to the undersideof the tray support 8 by brackets I8 which are adjustable on theunderside of the tray into different positions forward and backwardwhere it is held by wing nuts 29. If made non-adjustable, the wing nuts20 would be replaced by ordinary screws. The foot rest 'I is adjustablevertically on the front legs 6 by means of pins 2| entering holes 22.

The tray support 8 shown in Fig. 4 may have a removable tray I9supported thereon and held in place by spring clips I I. This permitsthe easy removal of the tray for washing, etc. The tray i9 has adepressed portion 24 and a rim 25 which rests on the margins of the traysupport 8. The spring clips II shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4 terminatein hooked ends 25. These ends simply depend into the recess portionofthe tray.

Many serious accidents have occurred in the use of ordinary high chairsdue to a child standing up and falling to the floor, sustaining injuriesthat may form a handicap throughout life because the grown person willbe crippled as a result of an accident in childhood which through thepresent invention is fortunately preventable.

The forward or backward adjustment of the stock member I2 on theunderside of the tray support 8 has been described above. In order toautomatically hold the tray support 8 in position on the sidev arms 9after its curved supports I'I have been swung forward on pivot I6, aspring catch I9 automatically enters an opening 23 formed in the innerface of a side arm 9 as shown in Fig. 5.

What I claim isz- 1. A childs high chair comprising a seatl havingspaced apart openings therein in close proximity to its front edge, aback, arm rests, a tray supported on the arm rests, a guard memberadjustably mounted on the underside of the tray, spaced openingsextending from the lower edge of the guard said openings beingapproximately in line with and directly over the seat openings, and afoot rest on the chair legs approximately in line with the front edge ofthe seat openings.

2. A childs high chair comprising a seat having spaced apart openingstherein in close proximity to its front edge, .a back projecting upwardfrom the rear edge of the seat, arm rests attached to the back andprojecting forward therefrom, supports for the front end of the armrests placed between the arm rests and the seat, a

`Arer'novalole Ytray support'on the armfrests; a

guard Vmember on the under side of the'V tray support, spaced openingsextending from the lower edge of thevguard said'openingsbeingrapproximately-in line with and directly over` the;

seatY openings, chair legs depending from the seatLa foot rest on thechairV legs approximately in line with the front edge of therseatopenings,

ing the tray support on the arm rests.

" and means for attachably andrdetachably hold- V3. A Vchilds high chaircomprising a seat hav- Ving a pair of spaced apart openings therein,

a back projecting upwardfrom the rear of theY -V Ving a tray support onthe arm rests in'spaced apart relation tothe back, a leg retaining mem-Vloer having curvedrrecesses corresponding to the spacing of the seatopenings, and means Vfor adjusting the retaining member'toward andVfor#r ward from the back whereby the recesses may be positioneddirectly above the openingsrof the seat.Y

DALE MERCHANT."

